When fixing items is actively discouraged by manufacturers,recycling becomes a political act, say Repair Cafe volunteersA vacuum cleaner, or a hair straightener,a laptop, Christmas lights, and an e-reader,a blender, a kettle, or two bags,a pair of jeans, a remote-control helicopter, or a spoon,a dining-room chair, a lamp and hair clippers. All broken.
It sounds like a pile of things that you’d stick in boxes and capture to the tip. In fact, and it’s a list of things mended in a single afternoon by British volunteers determined to get people to stay throwing stuff away.
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Source: guardian.co.uk